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Click here to subscribeJoseph Saer, Perpoole Laine, London. A Queen Anne provincial walnut and marquetry inlaid longcase clock, with square hood, long trunk door with oval glass, heavily inlaid with birds, vases and flowers, on a similar designed base, 26cm W dial with raised cherub spandrels and Roman numeric chapter ring, with subsidiary second hand and date aperture, signed, 8-day movement, hour striking on a bell, 199cm H.
Bell (Allan, publisher). A New General Atlas being a Collection of Maps of the World & Quarters..., 1840, additional half title, forty double-page engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, each map with near contemporary manuscript number to upper right corner, slight spotting and offsetting, old newspaper cuttings laid on to front endpaper and front pastedown, quarter calf with paper title label to upper siding, re-backed, some wear to boards, 4to (Qty: 1)
* Mammals. A mixed collection of approximately 425 prints & engravings, mostly 18th & 19th century, engravings and lithographs many hand coloured, including examples by De Buffon, S. P. C. K., Pass, Tookey, Landseer, Illustrated London News, Coutant, Goldsmith, Edwards, Scott, Bell and Kussner, occasional duplicates, various sizes and condition (Qty: approx. 425)
Lawrence (D.H.) Bay. A Book of Poems, Beaumont Press, 1919, wood-engraved illustrations by Anne Estelle Rice, original cloth-backed boards, small bump to lower cover, 8vo,. limited edition 158/200, together with Huxley (Aldous). Eyeless in Gaza, 1st edition, 1936, contemporary presentation inscrption, top edge red, original cloth, spine a little toned and rubbed at ends, 8vo, signed by the author, plus Nicolson (Harold). The English Sense of Humour. An Essay, Dropmore Press, 1946, title printed in red and black, original blue cloth gilt, spine a little faded, 4to, limited edition 153/550, with others including John Fowles' The French Lieutenant's Woman, 1969, Norman Douglas's In the Beginning, 1927 (limited signed edition 21/700, Ernest Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1st edition,1940 plus others by Aldous Huxley, John Galsworthy, Lytton Strachey etc (Qty: 28)
Europe. A mixed collection of eighteen maps, mostly 16th - 19th century, engraved maps of European countries and regions, with examples by Ortelius, Fries, Muster, Rossi, Bell, Colton, J & C Walker, Zatta, Laurie & Whittle, Johnson and Thomson , together with a double page view of Constantinople originally published in the Illustrated London News and an uncoloured engraved view of Bratislava by Merian, various sizes and condition (Qty: 20)
Rt Hon Martin Bell MP signed 80th Anniversary of the RAF cover RAF80(2). Four British Indian Ocean Territory special 80th Anniversary stamps. RAF 80th Anniversary First Day of Issue 01. 04. 98 postmark. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
8th (Scottish) VB Liverpool Regiment 1901 Birmingham hallmarked silver Officer’s pouch belt plate. A fine rare die-stamped example by F & S (Fattorini & Sons) HM Birmingham 1901. Crowned thistle sprays enclosing oval strap “THE KING’S LIVERPOOL REGT.”; “8/SCOTTISH/VB” to seeded domed centre. Three screw posts to reverse complete with washers and hooped nuts. VGCRaised 4th October 1900 with HQ at 22 Highgate St. 16th April 1901 Highland Dress sanctioned. Forbes tartan worn, taken from first CO Col.C.Forbes Bell VD
A late Victorian brass mantel clock, the enamelled dial set with Roman numerals and with twin-train movement striking on bell, height 60.5cm, a pair of brass Marley horses after Cousteau, on naturalistic rock bases, height approx 30cm and a pair of spread eagles on naturalistic rock base, height approx 32cm (5).
A quantity of decorative glass to include a cranberry glass bell, a twin pink bowl with applied floral decoration, a large Murano-style bowl with petal edge to clear glass support, an ovoid vase, a c1930s blue glass flower holder and a Murano-style table centre, pink mottled glass to abstract support to spreading circular base, height 27cm (8).
A collection of late 20th century original 10 x 8 cinema lobby advertising cards to include 'Die Hard' x6, 'Blame it On the Bell Boy' x6, 'Gremlins' x4, 'Tango and Cash' x7, 'Pacific Heights' x5, 'Hudson Hawk' x6, 'Arachnophobia' x8, Die Hard 2' x8, 'Road House' x5, 'Ghost' x7, 'Sleeping With the Enemy' x2, 'Stepping Out' x6 and black and white photographs from 'There's No Business Like Show Business' etc (3 volumes).
8th (Scottish) VB King’s Liverpool Regiment Officer’s 1901 Birmingham hallmarked silver pouch badge.A fine scarce die-stamped silver example by F & S (Fattorini & Sons) HM Birmingham 1901. Crowned thistle sprays superimposed on St. Andrew’s Cross; mounted on the centre of the Cross a rearing Horse on a scroll inscribed “KING’S”. Three screw posts to reverse complete with original washers and nuts. VGCRaised 4th October 1900 with HQ at 22 Highgate St. 16th April 1901 Highland Dress sanctioned. Forbes tartan worn, taken from first CO Col.C.Forbes Bell VD
Princess Christian’s Hospital Nursing Home Windsor Items.A small selection of objects from the royal patronage hospital at Windsor. Including: Printing blocks with the Hospital title and crest. .. Large pottery water jug with crest. .. Silver plated teapot with crest. ... Old electric mahogany cased lift bell. ... etc. Some items with damage. (small quantity)Viewing recommended
AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE 1:96 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE FAMOUS COMPOSITE TEA CLIPPER ARIEL , ORIGINALLY BUILT BY ROBERT STEELE & CO., 1865 modelled by I.W. Marsh circa 1957, with 24in. carved hull copper sheathed below the waterline and ebonised and scored above with port holes, boarding companionway with gratings, sponson boom, carved bone figurehead with scrollwork, finely planked decks with fittings including green painted capstan and anchor winch, with studded chain and metal anchors, companionway with brass ship's bell, covered hatches, belaying rails and pins, carved ship's boats, one lashed over a chicken coop, deck house with chimney and fire buckets, signalling guns, brass binnacle and helm with steering gear revealed under hinged lid, painted and lined bulwarks, masts with painted lower sections and yards, with standing and running riggings with blocks and tackle and suspension chains, yards with foot ropes and stuns'l booms, mounted on two turned brass supports within glazed oak display case with historical data on printed card -- cased dimensions 25 x 51 x 18in. (63.5 x 129.5 x 46cm.) Provenance: 1956 Model Engineer Exhibition (awarded Silver in Sailing Category); 1957 boarded Mayflower II and exhibited in United States; Alan Villiers collection ; l on loan to National Maritime Museum, Greenwich 1982-1992, Ref No. NMM1865-17 / SLR0977; and thence by descent.Footnote: Models by the renowned modeller Ike W. Marsh are exceptionally rare with most examples now in museum collections - three are stored at Chatham as part of the national collection at Greenwich where this lot was formerly on loan. The attention to detail that Marsh provides is remarkable and that, combined with his instinct for good presentation ensure his models are highly prized on the rare occasion they come to open market. Marsh met Villiers when he was taken on as a rigger during the filming of the Gregory Peck movie Moby Dick . As a consequence, Peck commissioned a model from Marsh which is presumably now in America, but Marsh was latterly hired by Villiers as bosun aboard the Mayflower II for her trip to America in 1957 when he took this model with him for a loan exhibition, selling it to Villiers shortly thereafter. His full hull models always have similar characteristics with singular sheathing, painted yards reefed round, boats stowed upside down, fiendishly detailed and accurate silk rigging (he was a rigger by trade); ornate turned brass supports and roomy airtight cases which are often signed alongside a glass panel within. Of all the magnificent tea clippers of the 1860's, Ariel proved one of the fastest and certainly one of the best known after her performance in the Tea Race of 1866. Built at Greenock by Robert Steele in 1865, Ariel had been ordered for Shaw, Lowther & Maxton of London for their prestigious China fleet and no expense was spared in her construction. Registered at 852 tons net, she measured 197½ feet in length with a 33¼ foot beam, and proved capable of a remarkable 16 knots when coaxed by the right captain in optimum conditions. In fact, she made her name for speed from the start when, leaving Foochow loaded with the new season's tea on May 28th, 1866, she began her epic run home in company with Taeping and three other famous clippers. Dashing across the world's oceans, passing and re-passing each other continuously, Ariel and Taeping raced neck and neck up the English Channel and finally docked in London within half-an-hour of each other on the evening of September 6th after the most spectacular race in the history of the tea trade. Equally good passages followed almost every year until she retired from the tea route in 1871 after which she switched to the Australia run. On January 31st, 1872, she cleared London for Sydney but was never heard of again nor was any trace of her ever found, a tragic end for such a legendary flyer. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road.Condition report: Fine overall condition.
A BELL FROM THE IMPERIAL GERMAN SUBMARINE U.B.44 , 1916 cast in brass with impressed lettering inscribed U.B. 44 , the inside inscribed in raised lettering 15 C , complete with clapper, now mounted on wood stand, the bell -- 6 x 6in. (15 x 15cm.); stand 15in. (38cm.) highFootnote: One of a class of six, UB-44 was built by AG Wesser, Bremen, shipped in sections to Pola and assembled (with her sisters) by Wesser engineers, being launched in April 1916. She measured 121 feet with a 14ft 4in. beam, and her Daimler diesels provided a range of 6,840 miles at nearly 9 knots on the surface and 4 knots submerged with a range of 45 miles on batteries. She was armed with two 19.7in. bow torpedo tubes and could carry four torpedoes. Additionally, she was also armed with a single 3.5in. deck gun. She was commissioned on 11 May 1916 and ordered to the Austro-Hungarian base at Cattaro, near the Mediterranean. On 30th June she torpedoed and sank the S.S. Moeris on passage between Glasgow and Alexandria with the loss of three men and her only 'kill'; Her fate is unknown, but anecdotal evidence suggests she may have been sunk with a lance bomb off Paxoi in early August. How her bell survived is unclear, however her unusual construction and early demise suggests that it had yet to be fitted.Condition report: Polished, black filling to lettering now missing.
THE SHIP'S BELL FROM H.M.S. AFRICA (1905) THE FIRST BRITISH SHIP FROM WHICH AN AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN, 10TH JANUARY, 1912 cast in brass with red-filled lettering inscribed H.M.S. AFRICA and loop suspension ( suspension adapted from crown type; clapper later ) -- 13 x 12½in. (33 x 32cm.); together with iron bracket for wall suspensionFootnote: The first powered flight from a ship was achieved by the American Eugene Ely (1886-1911) on 14 th November, 1910. It wasn’t long before the Royal Navy saw the benefit of using planes at sea and began their own experiments. These culminated in success when Lt Charles Samson (1883-1931) climbed into the cockpit of a Gnome-engined Short Improved S.27 pusher seaplane and, on 10th January 1912, took off from H.M.S. Africa (moored in the Medway, Kent) from a runway mounted over her 12in. gun barrels. The aircraft moved quickly down the runway, dipped slightly after leaving it, but then pulled up and climbed easily. Samson circled Africa several times to the cheers of the crew and, after a few minutes, landed safely at an airfield ashore.
A 7IN. RADIUS MICROMETER SEXTANT BY HEATH & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1933 the oxidised brass bell-frame with polished arc signed as per title and numbered B365 with scale divided to 130°, braced index arm with quick release clamp and micrometer, shades, mirrors and wooden handle with stand recess, contained within fitted box and complete with binoculars, brush, screw driver and three sighting tubes, the lid with test certificate for 1933 -- 11½in. (29cm.) wideCondition report: Frame dirty wth areas of rubbing and verdigris, but contents in fine condition with typical wear commensurate with age.
A 6¾IN. RADIUS BELL-FRAMED SEXTANT BY HEATH & CO., LONDON, CIRCA 1912 with oxidised brass frame, brass arc numbered J240 and signed as per title with inset silvered case, vernier with quick release clamp and bubble level, mirrors, shades, wooden handle with stand recess, contained within original fitted box with accessories and test certificate dated August 1912 inside lid -- 11in. (28cm.) wide; the lid with owner's plate inscribed R.H.T.Condition report: Scale tarnished, otherwise good overall condition. Crack through lid.
FREDERICK BELL/CARLTON ALPHONSO - ROCKSTEADY COOL C/W I HAVE CHANGED 7" (NU BEAT NB 004). Getting into the Rocksteady beat with this sweet 1968 double header on Nu Beat (NB 004). The record is in superb Ex+ condition showing just a couple of extremely fine, faint and wispy markings. The four pronged centre is fully intact.
NORTHERN/SOUL COLLECTION (7", CDs, BOOKS, LP/12"). Fantastic instant collection comprising of 12 x 45s, 9 x books/magazines, 52 CDs, 1 x LP and 1 x 12". 7" artists/titles include Dean Parrish - I'm On My Way (Laurie LR 3418, 2nd pressing, styrene, no delta number - very clean Ex condition and signed on the A side label by Dean!), Jackie Lee - Your P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y (Mirwood Records), Average White Band, Al Green, Sweet Sensation - Purely By Coincidence (French p/s), Percy Sledge, Jimmy Ruffin, The Ronettes and Judy Clay & William Bell. To include 5 early issues of the Blues & Soul magazine, issue numbers 6, 11, 7, 11 and 14. With CDs from the likes of Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Percy Sledge and comps such as Motown Gold The 1970s, Move On Up, Souled Out, Out On The Floor and This Is Northern Soul! Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
STATESIDE/NORTHERN - 7" DEMOS - 'TIME WARP'. Super clean bundle of 4 x scarce UK 7" demos presented in immaculate condition. Titles are The Isley Brothers - Was It Good To You (SS 2162 - Ex+ or archive), B. B. King - The Thrill Is Gone (SS 2161 - Ex+ or archive), Mama Cass Elliot - Make Your Own Kind Of Music (SS 8031 - Ex+) and Laura Nyro - Wedding Bell Blues (Verve Forecast VS 1522 - Ex+). All look to be seldom played.
STAX - UK 7" DEMOS - 'TIME WARP'. For the archive, here is a marvellous selection of 4 x original demos on Stax. Titles are William Bell - Bring The Curtain Down (STAX 143 - Ex+ or archive), Johnnie Taylor - Love Bones (STAX 141 - Ex+ or archive), Eddie Floyd - DOn't Tell YOur Mama (Where You've Been) (STAX 125 - Ex+ or archive) and Booker T & The M.G's - The Horse (STAX 136 - Ex+ or archive). All look to be seldom played and are housed with their original purple company sleeves.
THE VERSATILES - LU-LU BELL 7" (AMALGAMATED RECORDS - AMG-854). Cracking 1969 7" from The Versatiles c/w Long Long Time. The record has an overall grading of VG - the A side in VG+ condition showing just a few light hairlines, the flip is in VG condition with a light scratch noted. With clean labels, the four pronged centre is fully intact.
Biba maxi dress with puff sleeves in browns, blacks and oranges, a tiered skirt, scoop neck, button detail, an Anna Belinda pinafore dress in velvet with bodice, pockets and hem in a flowered cotton, a Jeff Banks smock dress in blue, the yoke of the bodice yellow and yellow pockets with bell sleeves, tight at the wrist, labelled (3)
Assorted 1960's/70's clothes including a blue tweed jacket labelled 'Carnegie', a nylon handkerchief dress marked 'Ever Young', a silk shirt dress with chiffon bell sleeves, a white cotton Mexicana style dress, a maxi wool pinafore dress labelled 'The Hamilton Collection in Plad', a denim pinafore dress by Laura Ashley and a Laura Ashley black and white cotton pinafore dress (7)
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